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Having a religion is like having a life jacket in the swimming pool. Whether it is a good or bad thing depends on whether you are a strong or weak swimmer. But bear in mind, "it is always the strong swimmer who drowns."

Departure and Enlightenment

At the age of 29, Siddhartha , Prince of Kapilavastu, escaped his palace to become a mendicant, leaving behind his royal life.
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6 years later, Prince Siddhartha gained enlightenment under a pipal tree, and rose as the Buddha we know.

Sometimes, it just keeps you wondering why it has to be a pipal tree...

Speech by Adrian Tan to the NTU graduating class of 08′

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=ddzjspjb_74hnmchcf8&hl=en

Adrian is best known for his fiction novels The Teenage Textbook and The Teenage Workbook.

Here is his bio...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Tan

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Conversation is like chess play.

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You are never ready; you can only be more ready.